7 of Richmond’s best beat the fartsack this morning, hoping to not watch the puddles gather rain… Shovel flag planted around 0523, laminated LH card located, and the PAX took off at precisely 0530 to tackle the gloom. THE THANG Mosey to north end of track near snack pavilion, disclaimer, COP: – Russian Soldiers x20 IC – Russian Kickbacks x15 IC – Helicopters x15 IC – IW x15 IC Mosey to south end of track near the road. Intro the Lucky Horseshoe. Set the timer for 33 min, and PAX complete as much of the following as possible during that…
Browsing: Heartbreak Ridge
A group of 5 gentlemen arose to enjoy a crisp morning at Heartbreak Ridge. Here’s what went down: Mosey around the school and then circle up in front. COP: SSH, Imperial walkers (with a redo b/c YHC is a bit rusty at Qing), Helicopters, Don Q Mosey to the Race track for a 4 x 100: 25 each of Flutter kicks, squats, lbcs, and merkins at the four corners of the track, 4 laps. 2 sets of dips on each of the grand stands. Mosey up to the parking lot for sprints at 50% and 80%. Next, mosey to the…
A PAX eclipsing 40 ditched all common sense for about 18 hours to receive a plentiful helping of each of the three Fs. This was the F3RVA Century Classic. YHC has conversed with a number of individual PAX members about their experience, taking notes during the event and thinking about how to transcribe all of these memories into a backblast. There is no way YHC could do the stories justice by attempting to capture them for the collective PAX. Then, after chatting with Lockjaw and the (sober) Ronnie, it became clear. Treat the backblast as a living backblast. YHC will…
Five strong redwoods fought off the fartsack and journeyed to the Heartbreak Ridge for a journey into unknown hate given the expansive options, and here is how it went down. COP 25 SSH 25 IW 15 DQ 10 2x merkins 25 FM 15 Pickle Pounders 15 American hammers 25 helicopters Mosey to the tennis courts for a bearimeter 30 LBC at each corner Rinse and repeat with elbow planks at each corner Mosey to adjoining hard surface for modified 4 corners (10, 15, 20, 25 reps at each corner) Crab cakes Deep squats Merkins Monkey Humpers WWII sit-ups Carolina Dry…
Those iconic words of Douglas MacArthur as he famously left The Philippines were ringing heavily in the ears of seven brave men as they entered the gloom this morning. Of course, this day in 1942 marked one of the darkest points in the Pacific Theatre of WWII, culminating in the devastating retreat known as the Bataan Death March. After a brief COP (SSH, DQ, WWIIs, Dive Bombers), PAX did their own Bataan Death March around the HBR campus: Indian Run, with the 6 completing five burpees before coming up front. Multiple stops along the way included dips on the bleachers,…
Winter must end soon. One what is hopefully the last day of really cold temps 7 noble warriors fought through the chilly conditions. Here is how it went down. COP 25 SSH 25 IW 15 DQ 12 2x merkins 20 FM 15 2x pickle pounders 25 Helicopters 10 minutes of burpees 40 APD Mosey to the jerkin gym for an 11 with jerkins/WWII sit-ups Mosey to the parking lot for a triple check – wall sit, LBC, run Lunge walk to the invisible shovel flag COT with YHC taking us out Great work by the PAX today. It was good…
3 trusted stalwarts came out to conquer this morning. The rain beat us to the start line but didn’t keep us from our goal. THE THANG Mosey to the southeast corner of the parking lot to get legs warmed up. Disclaimer. Warmup COP (all in cadence): -16 jump shots -20 IW -16 DQ -20 LBCs -16 CDD Mosey to the south The Lucky Horseshoe – Challenge extended to the PAX to do full motion/good form exercises. Do a lap of the track and do 20 of the marked exercises on laminated card corresponding to that lap number. Complete everything you…
A frosty five fought through the snow and ice to post in mid March. We safely and slowly took on the gloom with: COP – SSH, Don Qs, Merkins, Flutterkicks. Mosey to back field. 20 Donkey Kicks, Bear Crawl. Then Chicken Peckers, fail!. Over to Basketball hoops. 5 Hand-release Merkins on 1 side, 10 HR Merkins other side. Repeato but replace Merkins with 10 WWII situps. Down to the track . 3 sets of: 10 Derkins & 20 Benchkicks. Then introduce Tuco to Jerkin Gym. 3 sets of AMRAP Jerkins. 2 trips up Heartbreak hill, Bernie Sanders style. Back to…
5 of the West End (and F3 RVA’s) finest gathered in the gloom today to better themselves. Here’s what went down: THE THANG: Mosey to the grassy area in front of the school Warmup COP (all in cadence) – Invisible Jump Rope x25, IW x20ish, DQ slowly x 10, Merkins x10, Freddie Mercury x20 Mosey to the bottom of the hill between football & baseball fields. Partner hills/Lieutenant Dans – One partner runs up the hill while other does LDs at the bottom. Switch and repeat 3x each, plank-o-rama, then do 3x each again, and plank-o-rama again. Mosey to the…
Six strong came out to Heartbreak Ridge despite the frost. We did: COP of SSH, Don Qs, Hillbillies, Merkins, Flutterkicks, Scorpion Kicks. Mosey to Honeysuckle Hill. Bear crawl up, 3 Burpees at top, run back and B2W. Next run up hill, 5 Burpees at top, then back. 30 Jump Squats. Lunge rest of fence then 3 burpees. Head to tennis courts. Partner up- Wheelbarrow to net then 10 Derkins. Switch partner. Repeato x3. Then 3 sets of 20 PLTs. Head to Basketball court- 5 Hand-release Merkins at each hoop, then 10 on hoops on other side. Off to Jerkin Gym…